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Then contact the selling agent and network with them for deals or intros.Check Meetup for real estate events or start your own.Post on your favorite social media channel what you do and who you want to meet - over and over again as it wil take awhile to work!

He emphasizes the need to use social media rather than traditional methods.

Navigating the lending and finding people to partner with is an obstacle I’m learning currently.

Choosing location out of town has its own obstacles I fear. 

I have a very odd situation:I basically bought a house for a friend of mine about a year ago and gave him a 5% interest only loan for the entire purchase/closing/renovation costs.Both he and I would like him to get more permanent financing.But, he does not have a social security number. 

GC has a lower cost of capital relative to the average syndicator due to his social media presence.

Largely we aim for mobile home deals, we've ran into complications and obstacles when dealing with some of the agents so prefer to deal directly with the buyer & seller, but creating a relationship prior as you're recommending could alleviate that for sure. 

This might be a tough one because unfortunately lot of these social workers already have connections with other assisted living facilities and they rarely ever refer a good client. 

Sidebar, you usually don't have a Social Security savings with typical rental losses.